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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The 10 Biggest Civil War BlundersAuthor: Edward H. Bonekemper IIINarrator: Peter BerkrotFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 26 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-22-18Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "what if" scenarios - moments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.In this audiobook, Civil War historian Edward Bonekemper highlights the 10 biggest Civil War blunders, focusing in on intimate moments of military indecision and inaction involving great generals like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman as well as less effective generals such as George B. McClellan, Benjamin Butler, and Henry W. Halleck. Bonekemper shows how these 10 blunders significantly affected the outcome of the war, and explores how history might easily have been very different if these blunders were avoided.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Aunt Phil's Trunk, Volume One: An Alaska Historian's Collection of Treasured TalesAuthor: Phyllis Downing Carlson, Laurel Downing BillNarrator: Laurel Downing BillFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 29 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-19-18Publisher: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLCGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Bringing Alaska history alive!Aunt Phil's Trunk, winner of the Literary Classics award for best nonfiction series, will keep you spellbound.If you enjoy entertaining nonfiction short stories, then you will love Aunt Phil's Trunk, Volume One.Did you know?These and dozens more little-known stories fill Aunt Phil's Trunk, Volume One and share Alaska's colorful past up to 1900.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: African American HistorySubtitle: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United StatesAuthor: Captivating HistoryNarrator: Duke HolmFormat: UnabridgedLength: 3 hrs and 30 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-16-18Publisher: Captivating HistoryRatings: 5 of 5 out of 25 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Explore captivating stories and facts about African American history!The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against the systemic cruelty and oppression were often brutally killed for their efforts. This has created a rich tapestry of defiant and courageous leaders and followers who have gradually pressed for the evolution of thought within the United States of America.Discover personal stories, struggles, and achievements of people like:Some of the topics covered in this audiobook include:Listen to this audiobook now to learn more!
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Gettysburg AddressAuthor: Abraham LincolnNarrator: Robertson DeanFormat: UnabridgedLength: 3 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-02-18Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLCRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863, in the aftermath of a narrow, bloody Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)Author: Edward G. LongacreNarrator: Aaron KillianFormat: UnabridgedLength: 22 hrs and 30 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-27-17Publisher: University Press AudiobooksGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century.This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive treatment in Edward G. Longacres The Early Morning of War. A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Runits drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications. Also woven throughout are biographical sketches detailing the backgrounds and personalities of the leading commanders and other actors in the unfolding conflict.Longacre has combed previously unpublished primary sources, including correspondence, diaries, and memoirs of more than four hundred participants and observers, from ranking commanders to common soldiers and civilians affected by the fighting.The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press.Edward Longacre has applied his considerable skills as a biographer to a vivid piece of American history, injecting humanity and fresh insight to the story of the Civil War's first major battle. (John Hennessy, author of Return to Bull Run)"Extensively researched and full of fresh insights and information offers a remarkably thorough, highly readable account" (Ethan S. Rafuse, author of McClellan's War)
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: American Civil War: A History from Beginning to EndAuthor: Hourly HistoryNarrator: Grant FinleyFormat: UnabridgedLength: 1 hr and 4 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-22-17Publisher: Hourly HistoryRatings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Beginning with the birth of the nation, slavery divided and caused conflict for the United States of America, worsening during the country's early decades as the practice became more economically vital. Finally, in 1861, the American Civil War erupted after the election of President Abraham Lincoln.Never acknowledging the Souths right to secede, Lincoln and the North fought the South through four long, bloody, destructive years; much longer than anyone thought the war would last.Inside you will hear about....By 1865, more than 700,000 American soldiers and civilians were dead (including Lincoln himself), a race of people had been freed from bondage, and an entire country needed to rebuild. The Civil War is of such crucial importance to the history of the United States not just because of these factors, but also because its legacy still lives on.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary of White Trash: Includes Key Takeaways & AnalysisAuthor: FastReadsNarrator: Lisa NegronFormat: UnabridgedLength: 34 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-15-17Publisher: FastReadsGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Through extensive, detailed research, Nancy Isenberg has moved the story of American class tensions out from the shadows and given it new voice. Her richly detailed book, White Trash, chronicles over 400 years of American class tensions and seeks to give context for why these class prejudices are so pervasive in the "land of equal opportunity".This FastReads Summary and Analysis offers supplementary material to White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads Summary and Analysis is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 20 minutes!What does this FastReads Summary include?Original book summary overview:Despite the recent election results in America pushing class concerns back into the limelight, the truth is that America has been struggling with its class identity for centuries. Since the time of British colonial settlement, millions of Americans have found themselves in an unwelcoming society eager to brand them as "waste people" and push them to the outskirts of society. Isenberg's incredibly thorough and groundbreaking book, White Trash, details the long history of class in America.Please note: This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. This analysis is meant as a supplement to and not a replacement for White Trash.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thomas Jefferson's Qur'anSubtitle: Islam and the FoundersAuthor: Denise A. SpellbergNarrator: Jo Anna PerrinFormat: UnabridgedLength: 13 hrs and 25 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 11-21-17Publisher: Tantor AudioRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom - a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, 11 years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur'an. This marked only the beginning of his lifelong interest in Islam, and he would go on to acquire numerous books on Middle Eastern languages, history, and travel, taking extensive notes on Islam as it relates to English common law. Jefferson sought to understand Islam notwithstanding his personal disdain for the faith, a sentiment prevalent among his Protestant contemporaries in England and America. But unlike most of them, by 1776 Jefferson could imagine Muslims as future citizens of his new country.Based on groundbreaking research, Spellberg compellingly recounts how a handful of the Founders, Jefferson foremost among them, drew upon Enlightenment ideas about the toleration of Muslims (then deemed the ultimate outsiders in Western society) to fashion out of what had been a purely speculative debate a practical foundation for governance in America.Critic Reviews:"Fascinating.... Revelatory.... Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an breaks fresh ground." (The New York Times Book Review)
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: American HistorySubtitle: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People and Events in the History of United States, from Indians to Contemporary History of AmericaAuthor: William D. WillisNarrator: Ronald FoxFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5 hrs and 48 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 11-21-17Publisher: William D. WillisRatings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:From colonization to the space race, this is the story of Americas successes and failures. Learn how a little settlement of a few hundred colonists grew to be one of the most powerful nations in the world. US History: An Overview of the Most Important People and Events in the History of United States, from Indians to Contemporary History of America follows the roller-coaster of events that drove the United States to become a modern superpower. This quick tour through the most significant events in US history reveals the mistakes that tore a country apart as well as the triumphs that rebuilt and bolstered it.Listen to:Meet the historical juggernauts who made the United States into what it is today including Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Richard Nixon and more. Learn how the Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, industrialization, labor movement, WWI, Prohibition, the Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War, and the space race molded a nation.Start your journey through American history today with US History: An Overview of the Most Important People and Events in the History of United States, from Indians to Contemporary History of America.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War of 1812Subtitle: A History from Beginning to EndAuthor: Henry FreemanNarrator: Mike NorgaardFormat: UnabridgedLength: 1 hr and 7 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 11-14-17Publisher: Henry FreemanGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The War of 1812 is often forgotten when we think about the history of the United States. Yet, the effects of what seems a minor and insignificant conflict are far-reaching, even to today. The world settled into the roles it would play out for decades, and the boundaries of the United States and Canada would be set for the next two hundred years.Inside you will read about....Unlikely heroes would rise, leading to eventual power, while Native Americans would play out their own struggle on a backdrop of bloodshed and intrigue.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fort Laramie: Military Bastion of the High Plains (Frontier Military)Author: Douglas C. McChristianNarrator: George UtleyFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12 hrs and 29 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 11-08-17Publisher: University Press AudiobooksRatings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Of all the US Army posts in the West, none witnessed more history than Fort Laramie, positioned in the northern Great Plains join the Rocky Mountains. From its beginnings as a trading post in 1834 to its abandonment by the army in 1890, it was involved in the buffalo hide trade, overland migrations, Indian wars and treaties, the Utah War, Confederate maneuvering, and the coming of the telegraph and first transcontinental railroad.Douglas C. McChristian has written the first complete history of Fort Laramie, chronicling every critical stage in its existence, including its addition to the National Park System. He draws on an extraordinary array of archival materials including those at Fort Laramie National Historic Site to present new data about the fort and new interpretations of historical events.Emphasizing the fort's military history, McChristian documents the army's vital role in ending challenges posed by American Indians to US occupation and settlement of the region, and he expands on the fort's interactions with the many Native peoples of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains. He provides a particularly lucid description of the infamous Grattan fight of 1854, which initiated a generation of strife between Indians and US soldiers, and he recounts the 1851 Horse Creek and 1868 Fort Laramie treaties.Meticulously researched and gracefully told, this is a long-overdue military history of one of the American West's most venerable historic places.The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inside Camp DavidSubtitle: The Private World of the Presidential RetreatAuthor: Michael GiorgioneNarrator: Michael GiorgioneFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 48 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 10-24-17Publisher: Hachette AudioRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The first insider account, timed to the 75th anniversary of Camp DavidCamp David is American diplomacy's secret weapon. The home of the 2015 GCC and 2012 G8 summits, the 2000 Peace Summit, and the 1978 Peace Accords, the camp has played a vital role in American history over the past century, inviting presidents and international leaders alike to converge, converse, and, perhaps most importantly, relax.A peaceful mountaintop setting crucially removed from the constant scrutiny of the press, Camp David has served as both a site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility. It is where President and Mrs. Reagan rode horses through the mountains, where Gerald Ford could take a moment to jump on a trampoline with his daughter, where Nixon rode shotgun with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, and where Jimmy Carter could find the ultimate flight-sledding - only to break his clavicle two weeks before the end of his tenure. Under the pressure and stress, it is easy to forget that those occupying the highest seat in the land are, at the end of the day, human, but at Camp David, we finally get to see these leaders at their most vulnerable, their most unguarded, and as their most true selves.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.Critic Reviews:"Inside Camp David gives a first-hand account of the president's most private retreat from an author who ran it. Camp David is part sanctuary, part office, and part vacation destination. Giorgione captures life at the exclusive retreat and offers a glimpse into the lives of presidents and their families when they're seeking a respite from the spotlight." (Kate Andersen Brower, New York Times best-selling author of The Residence and First Women)"No one has a better understanding of this mountain retreat than the commanding officer. Inside Camp David provides an insight into life at this secret hideaway used by presidents and their families over the years. It is an accurate portrayal of life as it is lived by the commander in chief away from the White House." (Clint Hill, number one New York Times best-selling author of Five Presidents)
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blood BrothersSubtitle: The Story of the Strange Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo BillAuthor: Deanne Stillman, Gabra Zackman - IntroductionNarrator: Pete SimonelliFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 49 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 10-24-17Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioRatings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The little known story of the unlikely friendship of two famous figures of the American West - Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull - told through their time in Cody's Wild West show in the 1880s.It was in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883 that William F. Cody - known across the land as Buffalo Bill - conceived of his Wild West show, an "equestrian extravaganza" featuring cowboys and Indians. The idea took off. For four months in 1885, the Lakota chief Sitting Bull appeared in the show. Blood Brothers tells the story of these two iconic figures through their brief but important collaboration.Blood Brothers flashes back to 1876, when the Lakota wiped out Custer's 7th Cavalry unit at the Little Big Horn. Sitting Bull did not participate in the "last stand" but was nearby - and blamed for killing Custer. The book also flashes forward to 1890, when Sitting Bull was assassinated. Hours before, Cody rushed to Sitting Bull's cabin at Standing Rock, dispatched by the army to avert a disaster.Deanne Stillman unearths little-told details about the two men and their tumultuous times. Their alliance was eased by none other than Annie Oakley. When Sitting Bull joined the Wild West, the event spawned one of the earliest advertising slogans: "Foes in '76, Friends in '85" - referring to the Little Big Horn. Cody paid his performers well, and he treated the Indians no differently from white performers. During this time the Native American rights movement began to flourish. But with their way of life in tatters, the Lakota and others availed themselves of the chance to perform in the Wild West. When Cody died in 1917, a large contingent of Native Americans attended his public funeral.An iconic friendship tale like no other, Blood Brothers is truly a timeless story of people from different cultures who crossed barriers to engage each other as human beings. And it foretells today's battle on the Great Plains.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cuba LibreSubtitle: A 500-Year Quest for IndependenceAuthor: Philip Brenner, Peter EisnerNarrator: Robert FassFormat: UnabridgedLength: 15 hrs and 10 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 10-17-17Publisher: Tantor AudioRatings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:This timely book provides a balanced, deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since 1492. Tracing the island's history over 500 years, the authors provide an incisive overview for anyone interested in exploring beyond the enduring stereotypes.Critic Reviews:"This very accessible primer will fire the imagination of college students as well as provide curious US travelers with well-reasoned answers to their most pressing FAQs." (Richard E. Feinberg, University of California San Diego, author of Open for Business)
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Gentlemen's Guide to Style and Self-Defense in the Old American WestSubtitle: Traditional American History Series, Book 14Author: James M. Volo PhDNarrator: Dan OrdersFormat: UnabridgedLength: 6 hrs and 36 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 10-17-17Publisher: James M. VoloRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The Old West has had a powerful impact on the concept of gentlemanly masculinity among Americans. To behave like a gentleman may mean little or much. To spend large sums of money like a gentleman may be of no great praise, but to conduct oneself like a gentleman implies a high standard even for those without financial means.For almost two centuries, the frontiersman has been a standard of rugged individualism and stoic bravery for the American male. Provider, protector, counselor, and knight errant to the weak or helpless, men on the frontier stood apart. Newspapers, dime novels, and Wild West shows helped to form the popular view of Old West masculinity in the later 19th century. Novels and short stories served this purpose in the first half of the 20th century, but it was films and TV that cemented the image of the Old West that most post-WWII Baby Boomers have today. The study of film and other media representations has been a particularly energetic field for masculinity research.However, western films are not so much about the West as they are about the Westerner. He stands alone, heroic, powerful, and seeking justice and order. The Westerner is the "last gentleman" and Westerns are "probably the last art form in which the concept of honor retains its strength." Directors and screenwriters, ultimately having overcome the simplistic shoot-em-up, used the genre to explore the pressing subjects of their day like racism, nationalism, capitalism, family, and honor, issues more deeply meshed with the concept of manliness than simply wearing a gun belt and Stetson hat.Fear not, Old West purists! For those traditionalists among you, this audiobook is filled with authentic designs, facts, weapons, and tales from the mid-1800s to the turn of the century and slightly beyond. Here are some of the roots of the most popular holsters, fashions, weapons, cartridges, and myths preferred by collectors, reenactors, and cowboy action enthusiasts.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Jewish New YorkSubtitle: The Remarkable Story of a City and a PeopleAuthor: Deborah Dash MooreNarrator: Suzanne TorenFormat: UnabridgedLength: 16 hrs and 11 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 10-10-17Publisher: Recorded BooksRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the cityBased on the acclaimed multi-volume series, City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, Jewish New York traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union.Jewish immigrants transformed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation's publishing industry and shaped popular culture in music, theater, and the arts. With a strong sense of social justice, a dedication to civil rights and civil liberties, and a belief in the duty of government to provide social welfare for all its citizens, New York Jews influenced the city, state, and nation with a new wave of social activism.In turn, New York transformed Judaism and stimulated religious pluralism, Jewish denominationalism, and contemporary feminism. The city's neighborhoods hosted unbelievably diverse types of Jews, from Communists to Hasidim. Jewish New York not only describes Jews' many positive influences on New York, but also exposes the group's struggles with poverty and anti-Semitism. These injustices reinforced an exemplary commitment to remaking New York into a model multiethnic, multiracial, and multi-religious world city.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dead ReckoningSubtitle: The Untold Story of the Northwest PassageAuthor: Ken McGooganNarrator: David GodfreyFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11 hrs and 8 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-26-17Publisher: Audible StudiosRatings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:With this book - his most ambitious yet - Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. Dead Reckoning challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating non-British and fur-trade explorers and, above all, Canada's indigenous peoples, this work brings the story of Arctic discovery into the 21st century.Orthodox history celebrates such naval figures as John Franklin, Edward Parry and James Clark Ross. Dead Reckoning tells their stories, but the book also encompasses such forgotten heroes as Thanadelthur, Akaitcho, Tattanoeuck, Ouligbuck, Tookoolito and Ebierbing, to name just a few. Without the assistance of the Inuit, Franklin's recently discovered ships, Erebus and Terror, would still be lying undiscovered at the bottom of the polar sea.The book ranges from the 16th century to the present day, looks at climate change and the politics of the Northwest Passage, and recognizes the cultural diversity of a centuries-old quest. Informed by the author's own voyages and researches in the Arctic, Dead Reckoning is a colourful, multi-dimensional saga that demolishes myths, exposes pretenders and celebrates unsung heroes. For international listeners, it sets out a new story of Arctic discovery. For Canadians, it brings that story home.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Battle of Peach Tree CreekSubtitle: Hood's First Effort to Save AtlantaAuthor: Earl J. HessNarrator: Bob SouerFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 20 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-11-17Publisher: Tantor AudioRatings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing Joseph E. Johnston and elevating John Bell Hood. This decision stunned and demoralized Confederate troops just when Hood was compelled to take the offensive against the approaching Federals.Attacking northward from Atlanta's defenses, Hood's men struck George H. Thomas's Army of the Cumberland just after it crossed Peach Tree Creek on July 20. Initially taken by surprise, the Federals fought back with spirit and nullified all the advantages the Confederates first enjoyed. As a result, the Federals achieved a remarkable defensive victory.Offering new interpretations of the battle's place within the Atlanta campaign, Earl J. Hess describes how several Confederate regiments and brigades made a pretense of advancing but then stopped partway to the objective and took cover for the rest of the afternoon on July 20. Hess shows that morale played an unusually important role in determining the outcome at Peach Tree Creek - a soured mood among the Confederates and overwhelming confidence among the Federals spelled disaster for one side and victory for the other.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Five Negro PresidentsSubtitle: According to What White People Said They WereAuthor: J. A. RogersNarrator: Joseph KantFormat: UnabridgedLength: 24 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-07-17Publisher: BN PublishingRatings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:Historian Joel Augustus Rogers provides his evidence that there have been 19th- and 20th-century presidents of the United States who had partial black ancestry, including Harding, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1011/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: On to PetersburgSubtitle: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864Author: Gordon C. RheaNarrator: Jonathan DavisFormat: UnabridgedLength: 16 hrs and 21 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-06-17Publisher: Tantor AudioRatings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votesGenres: History, AmericanPublisher's Summary:With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864.On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea suggests marked the true end of the Overland Campaign. Beginning his account in the immediate aftermath of Grant's three-day attack on Confederate troops at Cold Harbor, Rhea argues that the Union general's primary goal was not - as often supposed - to take Richmond, but rather to destroy Lee's army by closing off its retreat routes and disrupting its supply chains. While Grant struggled at times to communicate strategic objectives to his subordinates and to adapt his army to a faster-paced, more flexible style of warfare, Rhea suggests that the general successfully shifted the military landscape in the Union's favor.
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